Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for cooling a high-temperature exhaust gas, capable of cooling effectively the high-temperature exhaust gas with a small amount of water, as well as, a combustion treatment equipment provided with the cooling apparatus. According to this method, a water curtain is formed orthogonal to the flow of the exhaust gas within a passage through which the high-temperature exhaust gas flows, and the high-temperature exhaust gas is allowed to pass through the water curtain to be cooled thereby. The cooling apparatus is provided with cylindrical cooling chamber (53) having at an upper position a high-temperature exhaust gas inlet (51) and at a lower position a cooled exhaust gas outlet (52); and a plurality of water spray pipes (54) arranged near the high-temperature exhaust gas inlet.

Abstract: It is possible to increase the amount of nitrogen generated per unit of adsorbent, raise the nitrogen yield, and reduce the manufacturing cost for nitrogen by using, as an adsorbent for the separation of nitrogen, molecular sieving carbon obtained by successively conducting a halogenation treatment, a dehalogenation treatment, and a pore adjustment treatment on a carbonized charcoal. By using activated carbon obtained by successively conducting a halogenation treatment, a dehalogenation treatment, and an activation treatment on a carbonized charcoal, as an adsorbent for carbon dioxide and methane, it is possible to improve the amount adsorbed.